Wisdom is knowledge plus experience. GDCA understands that it is critical to sustain innovation in the embedded industry. While most people associate innovation with the design and development of new products, GDCA’s perspective is that implementing new approaches to legacy sustainment is just as innovative. We refer to this approach as Proactive Legacy Management (PLM+).

Throughout our 25 years, we’ve observed the sustainment dialogue grow and evolve over time with an increasing number of resources available to the embedded community. These resources have been crucial in shaping our innovative work in response to the supply chain gap caused by obsolescence.

True sustainment is more than component piece parts and obsolescence management. It’s utilizing the tools and resources available to keep the entire systems alive and well.

Counterfeit Avoidance

Counterfeits’ impact on sustaining engineering cannot be underestimated. This section offers resources to provide a broader understanding of this complicated issue.

Obsolescence and DMSMS

The need to sustain critical technology is an industry-wide awareness. However, the defense industry’s unique requirement to support technology for many decades has driven this increase in significant work on obsolescence research and management.

Ask the Legacy Experts

For the past 25 years, the field of obsolescence management has grown and matured, and GDCA has evolved with it. As a result, we know firsthand the types of problems and issues that are typical of EOL, obsolescence, and true legacy sustainment. Because supporting long-lasting systems continues to be important for both commercial and Government sectors, we invite you to send us any questions you may have or browse some of the articles below:

Thought Leaders & Organizations

The more you work with GDCA, the more you’ll hear us talk about collaboration. This is because the best work often happens when groups of invested individuals come together to solve a problem. Industry organizations and associations provide a meeting place for such individuals to discuss, share, educate, and advance solutions and best practices.

Links and Articles

While we talk about sustaining older systems, no one wants to be stuck in the past. At the same time, Edmund Burke stated, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” We encourage our community to understand issues that affect obsolescence management as it is today along with those shaping embedded industry dialogues as a whole.

Supply Chain Issues

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April 2016 – Pay Now or Pay More Late, Get your boards…while you still can and more.

November 2014 – When “Just-in-Time” Is Too Late, Forecasting Affordability and more.

August 2014 – The Wild West of the Embedded Industry: Sourcing Legacy Components and more.

May 2014 – A Case of Mistaken Identity, GDCA is Under Construction and more.

January 2014 – Different situations demand different responses, Active vs. Legacy and more.